Cheryl "Salt" James and Sandy "Pepa" Denton were working at a Sears store in Queens, New York, when their co-worker, and Salt's boyfriend, Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor asked the duo to rap on a song he was producing for his audio production class at New York City's Center for Media Arts. Salt-N-Pepa wrote an answer to Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick's "The Show," entitling it "The Show Stopper."